Rebecca Whitman Koford holds credentials as a Certified Genealogist® and as a Certified Genealogical Lecturer. Her focuses are Maryland and military records at the National Archives, especially those of the War of 1812. Rebecca has been taking clients and lecturing since 2004. She has spoken for the National Genealogical Society Conference, Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference, Association of Professional Genealogists Conference, RootsTech, webinars for Legacy and APG, and the Maryland State Archives and for groups in surrounding states. She has published articles in the NGS Magazine, APG Magazine, SAR Magazine, and the Maryland Genealogical Society Journal. Rebecca is also the Course I coordinator for the Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research, as well as an instructor at other institutes. She is a graduate and former group coordinator and mentor of the ProGen Study Group, an online peer-led study program based on the book Professional Genealogy by Elizabeth Shown Mills, and she worked as the ProGen administrator from 2015 to 2020. Rebecca currently serves as executive director of the Board for Certification of Genealogists® and as the director of the Genealogical Institute on Federal Records held annually at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.